Home Quran Quran roots و ل ج
14 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 473
The Quran root و ل ج w-l-j
Words built from the root و ل ج ([w-l-j]) appear 14 times in the Quran. The most common is يُولِجُ, “causes to enter”, which comes 10 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يُولِجُ | yuuliju | causes to enter · You cause to enter | 10 | |
| يَلِجَ | yalija | penetrates · passes | 3 | |
| وَلِيجَة | waliija | intimates | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
تُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَتُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَتَرْزُقُ مَن تَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ٢٧
تُولِجُ tūliju · You cause to enter
You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account [i.e., limit or measure]." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:27)
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ ٦١
يُولِجُ yūliju · causes to enter
That is because Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because Allāh is Hearing and Seeing. (Surah Al-Hajj, 22:61)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِمِينَ ٤٠
يَلِجَ yalija · passes
Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:40)
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تُتْرَكُوا وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا مِنكُمْ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلَا رَسُولِهِ وَلَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلِيجَةً وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١٦
وَلِيجَةً walījatan · (as) intimates
Do you think that you will be left [as you are] while Allāh has not yet made evident those among you who strive [for His cause] and do not take other than Allāh, His Messenger and the believers as intimates? And Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:16)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Hadid · 3×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 2×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 2×
- Surah Luqman · 2×
- Surah Fatir · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 1×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.